i never understood why people thought the pairing of melo and amar'e could work. look at the wade and lebron pairing in miami. the reason they work is because in wade and lebron you have the two best passers at their position on the same team... and even they took time to gel.

in amar'e and stat you have essentially the same thing - two one-dimensional players who are horrific passers. how is that supposed to work again?

i think you can get by having one black hole on your team (personally i prefer melo).